Re: Symantec Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC

>It has to be a very selective disaster for clustering (i.e. RAC, HACMP, etc) 
>to provide much protection.

Tim-

Sorry, I don't understand what that means.

Ken

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Tim Gorman <tim@xxxxxxxxx> 
It has to be a very selective disaster for clustering (i.e. RAC, HACMP, etc) to 
provide much protection.


ken_nguyen@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: 
Dan, thanks for the feedback.

We're trying to protect more than just the Oracle DB.  While CRS and Dataguard 
work well to provide HA, it doesn't take into account the Siebel, IIS, etc 
installs that form the entire application stack.

With this solution, we're hoping to lower the TCO in the event of a disaster.

Ken

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Dan Norris <dannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

I have used the SFOR previously, but not on the current versions and not with 
10g DB. I had no problems with the SFOR software.

If I were implementing a cluster today with 10g, I wouldn't use any non-Oracle 
clusterware. Instead, I'd just use Oracle Clusterware as it provides all the HA 
you'll need for the DB. Maybe you have other reasons for using SFOR...I hope 
you do because I couldn't justify the investment given the current 
architecture. 

Others have posted similarly on this list and in OTN forums as well. 

Dan


----- Original Message ----
From: Ken Nguyen <ken_nguyen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 4:46:05 AM
Subject: Symantec Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC


We¢re looking to implement Symantec Storage Foundation HA for Oracle RAC to 
offer HA for our Oracle 10g RAC on RHEL.

Oracle has fully certified most of the components within this Symantec 
solution, except for the automatic failover piece (GCO).
This component is certified on all platforms except for Red Hat, could have 
something to do with Oracle¢s OEL initiative.

Is anyone using this or any other Symantec SF products without any issues?

Ken

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